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PASOK builds on opinion poll lead over ND Gap between two parties up to 3.5 percent PASOK has extended its lead over the government to 3.5 percent, amid criticism of the way that the ruling conservatives are handling the financial crisis, according to a new opinion poll.

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Death of prison inmate stokes tension

The death of a prisoner in northern Greece yesterday, apparently from drugs, fueled tensions as thousands of inmates in jails across the country continued a hunger strike...

EC sees progress on landfills

Greece has made «great progress» in closing down illegal landfills but a lot more remains to be done...

Greek health service ailing

Greece's spending on healthcare is about average for a European country but when it comes to the quality of service...

Watchdog condemns state asylum process

The Ombudsman yesterday called for a «decentralization» of the system for processing immigrants' asylum claims...

IN BRIEF

Islanders close harbor to protest lack of ferries : Residents on Hydra, in the Argosaronic Gulf, yesterday blocked...

Banks, supermarket damaged : Unidentified arsonists targeted two banks and a supermarket in Thessaloniki...

Mugged : The 52-year-old driver of a truck belonging to a meat-processing company...

Cyprus talks : The United Nations special envoy in the Cyprus dispute...

Serial robber : Police in Thessaloniki yesterday were questioning a 41-year-old Georgian man...

Land register : The deadline by which homeowners must declare their properties...

Armed holdup : Two armed robbers made off with 35,000 euros when they raided a branch...


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EDITORIAL

Let utilities be proper companies A key issue still to be tackled by the Greek state concerns its attitude toward public utilities (DEKO). Should they be treated as corporations or as public benefit foundations? The lack of a coherent strategy to a large extent explains the bankruptcy of Olympic Airlines, Greece's state-owned carrier. The Public Power Corporation (PPC) is now in trouble for more or less the same reasons. It's time for the government to make up its mind on the issue.

COMMENTARY

Crisis: both threat and opportunity Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis has become very busy trying to heal his party's wounds and regain the advantage. His top cadres are trumpeting Beethoven's «Eroica» symphony, doing the rounds of prefectural committees in an attempt to convince New Democracy party members that the next paraliamentary elections are a long way off - definitely after the 2010 presidential election.

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

Dictatorship of the proletariat Protest marches in Athens are an experiment in how meaningful mechanisms of political expression can - when abused over a long time - degenerate into meaningless ritual. When taken to an extreme, they reveal the absurdity of political or labor activism gone wild: Protest marches are held to demand an improvement in a situation, but when abused they can actually make it worse.

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